An award-winning scholar's account of an ancient city's descent into unprecedented communal violence--an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops loote...(展开全部)

‘A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacres―much neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East’ - Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting’ - Peter Frankopan This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the feroc...(展开全部)

This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus. Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty Empire was under pressure from global economic ...(展开全部)

In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, the intifada, and the current ...(展开全部)

Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada , is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael B. Oren’s magnificent Six Days of War , an internationally acclaimed bestseller, is the ...(展开全部)

A chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East.

A chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East.

At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality. Yet it is surprisingly difficult for us to understand these forces, for we cannot see what surrounds us so closely. This book analyzes our condition by looking at the work of two great thinkers, one of wh...(展开全部)

西恩•麦克米金（Sean McMeekin） 毕业于斯坦福大学和加州大学伯克利分校，现执教于土耳其的科赫大学。 作者以研究第一次世界大战见长，其所著的《第一次世界大战的俄国起源》获得一战研究协会图书奖，《奥斯曼帝国与德国对世界权力的追求》一书获得欧洲研究协会图书奖。另著有《一战倒计时》由新华出版社2013年翻译出版。 --------------- 【译者简介】 姚志宏，毕业于南京大学英语系，现居西安，业余从事翻译和写作。

西恩•麦克米金（Sean McMeekin） 毕业于斯坦福大学和加州大学伯克利分校，现执教于土耳其的科赫大学。 作者以研究第一次世界大战见长，其所著的《第一次世界大战的俄国起源》获得一战研究协会图书奖，《奥斯曼帝国与德国对世界权力的追求》一书获得欧洲研究协会图书奖。另著有《一战倒计时》由新华出版社2013年翻译出版。 --------------- 【译者简介】 姚志宏，毕业于南京大学英语系，现居西安，业余从事翻译和写作。